Vegetable Pulao Recipe | Veg Pulao in Pressure Cooker | Mixed Vegetable Pulao

Wednesday, March 08, 2017

Vegetable Pulao Recipe | Veg Pulao in Pressure Cooker | Mixed Vegetable Pulao

For Jany's lunch box, weekly once I make Vegetable biryani or Vegetable Pulao. It is an easy to make one pot meal that is nutritious too. This is very similar to the Veg biryani and Vegetable Semiya biryani that I posted earlier. It goes very well with any Non-Veg gravy or Paneer Butter Masala. For the lunch box, I pair it with Potato fry and onion raita. Let us move on to the recipe:

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice - 1 Cup
Onion - 1(Medium sized)
Green Chilli - 2
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves - a small handful (Kothamalli)
Mint leaves - a small handful (Pudhina)
Chopped Vegetables - 1.5 cups(Carrot, Beans, Peas and cauliflower)
To Temper:
Oil - 1 tsp
Ghee - 1 tsp
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Star anise - 1
Cloves - 4 to 5
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece
Bay leave - 1

Method:

1. Chop the onion, carrot, and beans as required. Slit the green chilies. Clean the cauliflower and put it in boiling water, keep it aside. Soak the basmati rice for half an hour. Clean the coriander and mint leaves. Once everything is ready then we can start preparing the pulao. In a wide pressure cooker pan, add the items under 'To Temper' and allow it to crackle.

2. Then add the chopped onions and saute until it turns transparent. Along with this add the slit green chilli and ginger garlic paste. Mix it once, add the chopped mint leaves and coriander leaves. Cook it in low flame.

3. Then add the chopped veggies. After the veggies are half cooked, add 2 cups of water.

4. Bring it to boil and add the soaked rice after washing it. Gently mix it once and close the pressure cooker with the lid. Pressure cook it for 2 whistles and switch off the flame. Once the pressure releases, open the lid and fluff the biryani with a fork.

Serve the yummy pulao with onion raita and pappad. I served it with Potato and Broccoli roast, Fish Fry.

Points to remember:

Soaking the rice gives longer grains and helps it to cook faster.
I used fresh peas hence I have added it directly. If you are using dried peas, then soak it overnight and add it in the biryani along with other veggies.
Instead of water, you can cook the rice in thin coconut milk.
You can also add other veggies of your preference.